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#ro17 These were my reading goals for the year.

1. Paper book journal 👍
2. I loved doing the read harder challenge! Even the categories I didn't love, I had fun exploring. I read all 24.
3. I read 24/25. 17 were from my shelves/kindle. Not bad!
4. Turns out this was my 'thing', and it's definitely going to be my thing for next year. I read authors from around 25 countries, discovered the joys of translated fiction & generally loved it.
5. YAYY!

#ro17 #decemberwrapup

Possibly evidence that this year's #nonfictionchallenge17 had the required effect 😃 @Booksandcooks

My #NovemberWrapUp. #ro17

What aren't included are the *huge* number of books I started this month, then quietly reshelved as it just wasn't the right time. Still, I really did enjoy all of these, found some wonderful new-to-me authors and actually finished Sagas.

Next month I'll be dealing with those pesky end-of-challenge reads!

Favourites this month were George and Others Across, but the character I keep thinking back to is Dr Siri in The Coroner's lunch - look forward to my next bisit to Laos.

Also, feeling very chuffed with myself at having such a minimal 'currently reading' list at the moment - I sometimes get it down to 4, but *never* as low as 2! Now, if I could just finish Sagas next month....

#ro17

September was all about audio (I've never got thro' so many audiobooks before!) & catching up with challenges - just 4 to go on Read Harder now!

Faves this month: The colour of magic; signs for lost children; why I'm no longer talking to white people about race; winesburg, ohio.

My reading habits have changed totally this year. As well as audio, the nf book-a-month for #nonfictionchallenge17 has become a way of life! (Thanks @Booksandcooks !)

August was a pretty good reading month for me. Especially loved the #Botswana books, and finally got to Bruce's memoir & Homegoing, both of which lived up to expectations.

AND a whole 3 of these were actually my own print books (almost an all-time record!)

#ro17

#julywrapup #ro17

Meh. So my month started well, and kind of went downhill, mainly because work gobbled up my reading/walking/gardening time.

I'm in the middle of lots of good things. And the book-buying ban has definitely helped me read my own stuff. (Though I had a minor splurge on Audible credits - didn't want to lose them!)

Next month's priorities:
1. Finish things!
2. Audio (my eyes need a holiday)
3. Botswana reads
4. Fun books!

#bestofjuly #jubilantjuly #ro17

June was a good reading month! I read authors from Syria, Thailand, Iran, UK and US, and all of them were pretty good! I also 'decluttered' my currently reading list of 'not the right time' books and instigated a book-buying & borrowing ban - until 1st September, it's only books I already own! (Which might mean I tackle LitsyAtoZ). I've abandoned the idea of bookgroups for a couple of months, and am half-way through readharder. #junewrapup #ro17

My #junemostanticipated, and I'm really looking forward to both of these.

May was a shocker, reading-wise, so my plan for June is
1. Audio, audio, audio. My work ramps up this month, so my eyes don't want to read at the end of the day.
2. Try out a book group. There are two I'm considering locally - need to actually get to one of them!
3. Read down my currently reading heap. It's just silly!
4. 2 LitsyAtoZ, 2 ReadHarder.

#junebookbugs #ro17